The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

Jack McNamee · March 22, 2024 · Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Dating Sim, 2D

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About The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.

You're curled up in front of the fire reading a folk tale on a cold winter's night. Something about it seems so familiar. Have you read this before?
  • Explore a cosy and mysterious fantasy universe inspired by fairy tales. The old kind of fairy tales, strange and wild, before the edges were sanded off. Warm and comforting, but with parts you don't quite understand, and you don't know if you want to understand.
  • Befriend strange and wonderful folks. Navigate 4 main routes through the game as you grow closer to the main characters.
  • Align yourself with G-d, Death, or the Devil. Choose your godparent and your destiny.
  • Uncover secrets and mysteries. Something strange haunts this book. What was that shape? At the corner of your vision?
  • Multiple endings. So, so many endings. I cannot be stopped.
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    The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom. — game info

    Platforms
    Windows
    Steam Deck
    Playable
    Player modes
    Single-player
    PC Game Pass
    Not included

    What Steam players say

    Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

    Recommended Sep 19, 2026
    This is an amazing free interactive fiction game! I feel incredibly immersed from the very beginning. It has European folklore vibe and is presented almost like an interactive storybook, with beautiful art, music, voice acting, and illustrations that make me feel like I’ve stepped into an old fairy tale. I also really love the story. I get to wander between deception, wisdom, wealth, and death while getting to know the four main characters. At first, I thought this game was going to be like a typical fairy tale, where everything would eventually lead to a happy ending. But then I realized that if one of the characters dies, they actually disappear from the cover of the book too... That little detail honestly caught me so off guard. There are so many branches and endings that even after playing through it several times, I still honestly have no idea how many endings there are. Every choice can take me somewhere different, and I keep finding new paths and pieces of the story that I completely missed before. I already love the normal ending, but after getting the true ending, I get so hooked that I play through it another 2-3 times. And every single time, I discover completely diffe…
    28 found this helpful
    Recommended Sep 20, 2026
    In this mostly text-based game, you are someone whose soul was promised to a godparent by your mother. At 18, it will be handed over, and your goal is to free yourself from this obligation. On the day you turn 18, you meet the characters from the title: a thief, a mushroom, a witch, and a toad. The run up to the first ending is already quite interesting, with fairy tale-inspired themes. However, after this ending, you see that you are not living a simple adventure to free yourself from your godparent. Instead, things are not what they seem, making you wonder what may have already gone unnoticed. The narrative is magnificent and keeps you in suspense from beginning to end. I did not expect to find such quality in a free game. The only con I noticed is a lack of polish in some places: there are overlapping texts and images, and the same happens with the soundtrack at times. However, I cannot say whether this was a stylistic choice. It is an emotional tale with a sad ending, and it reminds us that nothing lasts forever.
    2 found this helpful
    Recommended Sep 18, 2026
    amazing game if you like fairy tales and horror. a must play for those who enjoyed Slay the Princess
    1 found this helpful
    Recommended Sep 22, 2026
    How is this free?
    Recommended Sep 18, 2026
    Oh wow. Genuinely one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. I need to go cry now.
    Recommended Sep 18, 2026
    I would take the deal. 10/10 perfect game.

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